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Databricks has a great partner ecosystem of over 450 partners that are critical to building and delivering the best data and AI solutions in the world for our joint customers.  We are proud of this collaboration and know it’s the result of the mutual commitment and investment that spans on-going training, solution development, field programs...

On the closing day of Spark + AI Summit, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi recognized three exceptional data teams for how they came together to solve a tough problem-- delivering impact, innovation, and helping to make the world a better place. These are the inaugural Databricks Data Team Awards, and we were blown away by the...

At Databricks, we are extremely excited to have Microsoft as a Diamond sponsor of the first virtual Spark + AI Summit. Microsoft and Azure Databricks customers are coming together at Summit. Rohan Kumar, Corporate Vice President of Azure Data, will deliver a keynote on Thursday morning. Additional Microsoft speakers and Azure Databricks practitioners will present...

At Databricks, we are excited to have Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a sponsor of the first virtual Spark + AI Summit. Our work with AWS continues to make Databricks better integrated with other AWS services, making it easier for our customers to drive huge analytics outcomes.   As part of Spark + AI Summit,...

SPARK + AI Summit, the world’s biggest gathering of data and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals, has arrived, and this year’s theme is ‘Data Teams Unite!’  So what better time to announce the finalists for the inaugural Databricks Data Team Awards? The Databricks Data Team Awards celebrate the data teams of engineers, scientists and analysts who...

For years, the Spark + AI Summit has been the premier meeting place for organizations looking to build data analytics and AI applications at scale with leading open-source technologies such as Apache SparkTM, Delta Lake and MLflow. In 2020, we’re continuing the tradition by taking the summit entirely virtual. Data scientists and engineers from anywhere...

The current economic environment is having a significant impact on the Retail and Consumer Goods sector. Rapid changes in how consumers shop is forcing companies to rethink their sales, marketing, and supply chain strategies. Companies can still reduce costs and win market share to drive stronger growth, but this requires new ways of understanding and...

The healthcare industry is in a rapid state of change. The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on how critical it is for healthcare payers, providers, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies to have clean, aggregated patient data at population scale along with technologies that allow them to use AI to interrogate this data. Answering questions...

It's been 2 years since we originally launched MLflow, an open source platform for the full machine learning lifecycle, and we are thrilled and humbled by the adoption and impact it has gained in the data science and data engineering community. With now over 2M+ monthly downloads, 200 code contributors and over a 100 contributing...

Radical transformation is the theme of 2020, with customers demanding personalized products, improved protection against fraud, and digital experiences that match every small shift in behavior. Banks, insurance companies, and institutional investors are even more reliant on big data and AI to meet these demands and to outmaneuver the competition. For years, the Spark +...